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It took jurors little more than four hours to reach a decision and there were audible gasps from the public gallery as the guilty verdict was read out.

Opening the trial last week, prosecutor Rosina Cottage, QC, said: "It appears there may have been some laughter about their English and one of the teenagers was cycling around the group.

"Mr Jozwik appears to have been doing nothing, we say he was not aggressive to the group and certainly not to [the youth].

"For whatever reason, maybe even immature bravado, the prosecution say [the youth] took a deliberate decision to use unlawful violence when he went round the back of the group to punch Arkadiusz Jozwik.

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Following the verdict, he was granted bail, owing to a family member's ill health, and will be sentenced on September 8.

Judge Patricia Lynch QC thanked the jury for their service before releasing them.

Speaking after the verdict, Detective Chief Inspector Martin Pasmore of the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, said: "This has been a complex and difficult investigation and my thoughts very much remain with Mr Jozwik's family, who have lost a dearly loved son and brother in the most tragic of circumstances.

"While nothing will ever bring Mr Jozwik back, now the court proceedings are over, I hope his family can somehow start to rebuild their lives.

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"Essex Police, working in conjunction with the Crown Prosecution Service, has carried out a huge amount of work into trying to establish the course of events that led to Mr Jozwik's death and to find the truth of what happened.

"My team has taken more than 150 witness statements, spoken to more than 300 people during enquiries and reviewed more than 100 hours of CCTV footage.

DCI Martin Pasmore

"More than 30 police officers and staff have been involved in the investigation and committed more than 1,200 additional hours.

"Whatever the reason for the events of that night, the defendant deliberately used violence against Mr Jozwik.

"While he would not have intended for it to be a fatal blow, he made a decision to move deliberately behind the victim and take him by surprise with a forceful punch.